A quick quiz for you: You have friends coming over for dinner, and your antidepressant is in its usual place, the kitchen counter. Do you: A) leave it where it is, since you have nothing to hide? B) put it in the cupboard to...

“The teen years tend to foster fear: fear that our child will fail, over-experiment, embarrass us become depressed,” according to John Duffy, , a clinical psychologist and author of the book The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens. So naturally...

How many times each day do you try to work yourself up to tackle some undesirable task? If you’re like me — several. Nothing is more exhausting than the task that is never started, so I’ve come up with some tricks to use on...

It’s tempting for anyone who writes about depression and anxiety to preach from hindsight, after he has “recovered” from his mood disorder: “This is what I did to free myself from addiction” … “Here are five steps to instant weight loss” … “These are...

Let me state up front that I have no doubt BPA — a chemical used in the manufacture of many modern goods, including in the past many water bottles and sippy cups — is something we should get rid of in any connection to...

In her documentary Crazy Sexy Cancer Kris Carr says, “I don’t think cancer is a gift because I wouldn’t give it to #8221; When I heard that, I immediately thought you could replace “cancer” with any other illness and the sentence would still ring...

Years ago I worked in a psychiatric emergency room in a large metropolitan hospital. My job consisted of evaluating a steady stream of patients to determine whether they should be hospitalized or sent elsewhere. I saw people in the throes of mania, psychosis and...

Multiple personality disorder — now known in modern psychological lingo as dissociative identity disorder (DID) in the DSM-IV — is a fairly uncommon mental health concern. But it remains an intriguing one because of its nature: The presence of two or more distinct identities...

In a movie I love, a quirky documentary called Sherman’s March, the documentary maker’s former high school teacher tells him, “As people get older, they get more like themselves. And you’re getting more boring.” I’ve never forgotten most people, probably, I have several...

This guest article from YourTango was written by Julia Flood. It doesn’t seem to make sense: You used to be best friends, but now you can’t go a day without fighting. Your partner says something that triggers you — you feel attacked or devalued —...

What if your friend, mother, sibling, or father-in-law is severely depressed but refuses to recognize it? Most of us have been there at least once in our life: the awkward spot where you know a loved one has a mood disorder or drinking problem,...

Not all science or research is created equal. Some research is likely to hold more weight than other research. Researchers and academics often recognize quality research readily, while others — even other professionals such as doctors and clinicians — may struggle with understanding the...